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Woohoo ... we've managed to write a bit and finished chapter 6 this week!!

The Moon Poems 1. It’s been a constant, each month of my life It waxes, wanes and is full, new and blue And I childishly believed, the Man in the Moon ate the cheese. 2. In the very early of the morning The skies are thick with shades of grey I wonder if o’er the felted sky The moon still shines as bright? 3. We walk together you and I

Have a good day.

When you are hurt, tortured, abused... you pay for it, as if what they did to you wasn't enough. You can decide to hate or love. Love is easier.

April 23, 27 and 31st. All are wonderful but those are my favs. Thanks, Parker.

Me too.. not a prayer but you have all my best wishes and hopes. Love to you both xoxxo

oh thanks.. that's what we are having today.. Michael isn't feeling great either, so some chicken noodle will be great.

Morning rick ... i'm wishing whatever i have would go away ... coughing now... i hope it goes away soon.

In this story.. no, no COVID stuff. It's bad enough living through this, i do not want to write about it. I see places showing Isolation Stories and things like that ... i, personally do not want to read more than i do. Stories are too real. Like bodies stacked and left to rot because freezers have broken down and they cannot cremate or bury them fast enough. I don't want to write about this.

it is nothing like trainwreck ... which was funny and nutz, and a lot of fun to write. WMF (Wild Maple Farm) is about what Wayne and i usually write about ... relationships, friendship and love. Yet, the characters are each special and interesting. COVID-19 sort of put the brakes on our writing/creativity, but i think we are slowly getting back there.

@me,myselfandi @mollyhousemouse, @MichaelS36 and @Wayne Gray thanks for all your support xoxo

yeah.. they are a special bunch .. glad you feel ready to write it again

It isn't easy ... and like everything needs to be practiced ... so all we can do is try. And we will not get it right all the time ... but we can try. xoxoxo Hang in there xoxo

i think most people have been feeling this. and well husband better be ready for those days when you need some support. it may not be much or often, but you need it. Now we have to support each other .. i'm the rock one day, the next you are.. other days, we huddle together. We each need to be there for each other. Being kind and understanding of ourselves isn't something that comes easily to us. Not to me for sure ... but going through this, reading things about self-compassion, and how practicing it can help us, makes sense. I think it's worth a shot.

Oh yeah, i forgot the french fries issue ... what to do with our 200 million pounds of french fries? I love that in Belgium, where they LOVE their fries, they are being asked to eat them twice a week. I like this world.. more fries and lots more wine ... we can all get fat and stay drunk enough not to care!! Thanks Wayne ... xoxxo

Many of us observe the world through a window Nature entertains us with wind, rain and snow Crows dive and swoop over tree tops While squirrels run and gambol with no fear, — wondering where the nuts are. My poetry has been limited lately .. but i haven't lost my sense of humour completely yet. Prose too, is suffering, though in the last few days I've been able to write a bit more on the new story @Wayne Gray and i are writing. Not a lot though, maybe 1,600 words over the past three days. It is hard to concentrate for long periods, at least for me. I read an article by Erica Wensley a writer for the Chronicle Herald. She lives in Halifax and like residents there is coping with COVID-19 and the worst mass shooting in Canadian history. There is a link to the article here. As she says, this is not the time to push ourselves. This is not the time to force creativity or productivity. Do not feel guilty if you order in tonight, or if you just want to watch silly sitcoms or netflix or whatever it is you like to watch. This was an ahha moment for me when i read this: Those who still have jobs are not simply working from home, but, as a viral tweet aptly states, “are at your home during a crisis, trying to work.” This hit me hard ... the truth of it. I don't know how long I'll be home doing my job. Some days it isn't easy at all. Some days it's just fine. There is too much unknown for me and i feel like i'm slowly cracking around the edges. Some days i can cope, others less so. I am overly emotional, often sad, without an obvious reason. Watching six cellists from the TSO (Toronto Symphony Orchestra) play Over the Rainbow together, remotely just made me cry this morning. Watching After Life on Netflix makes me cry but there's reasons for that. I think i need some comedy. If you can write or draw or read ... do it. If you do needlework or other crafts and feel like it ... do it. But do not feel bad on the days you can't or just don't want to. Doing some breathing exercises, like they teach in yoga can help, so can walking and other exercise. Something i've done in the past, with audio aids - hypnosis - can also reduce anxiety. It's a really cool thing actually. We need to practice self-compassion now. I know because i am very hard on myself usually. We need to say to ourselves, it's okay, you're not lazy, you're not pretending. We need to be as kind to ourselves as we are to our friends and loved ones who turn to us for support. You can read more about self-compassion here. When i started to read this ... i wanted to push it away, but allow yourself to read with an open mind. Hopefully, you'll find one or two things which may help during these trying times. Hang in there and be kind to yourself.

For those who want to watch Cherry blossoms open... https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2020/04/29/missing-the-high-park-cherry-blossoms-watch-the-citys-live-bloom-cam.html

Nice way to pass some of the day: The Gorillas are streamed from 10|:30am to 4:30pm ET ... lunch is at noon. Sorry for the late posting .. but there is always tomorrow... and there is a baby!!

As a writer on GA, i use them when appropriate because we're supposed to. Just as we are supposed to use appropriate story tags. I figure most people likely ignore them but there are people who need them. If putting a warning helps someone, then that's a good thing.

Yeah, i have. Last evening was not the best.. and i feel wrung out today. But it just a short term thing and i should be back to normal tomorrow i think. i hope you are feeling okay, Reader. Bit gray today and i may need a nap soon.

i may take the day ... did not have a good evening and i'm not feeling too shit hot right now

That's the nice thing about working Sunday to Thursday.. Monday is Tuesday